We may know why Phoenix Mercury star Skylar Diggins-Smith missed the final two regular season games of the 2022 WNBA season as well as the playoffs.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JULY 20: Skylar Diggins-Smith attends the 2022 ESPYs at Dolby Theatre on July 20, 2022 in Hollywood, California. missed the final two regular season gamesSDS announced on Monday that she's expecting her second child, and showed off her baby bump with a few pics on Instagram.Diggins-Smith had a great season. She scored an average of 19.7 points per game, which was third overall in the league. She had 5.5 assists, which was seventh overall.
Diggins-Smith and her husband, Daniel, had their first child in April 2019. SDS actually played the entire 2018 season while pregnant, and chose to sit out the 2019 season . She implied at the time that not everyone in the Dallas Wings organization She also revealed she had dealt with more than two months of postpartum depression.
Things have changed since then, though. Pregnancy has become more normalized in the WNBA, at least to some extent. Napheesa Collier gave birth in May 2022, then made her WNBA debut with the Minnesota Lynx 74 days later. Las Vegas Aces forward Dearica Hamby revealed she played in the WNBA finals while pregnant.
And beyond that, this will be the first time Diggins-Smith will be pregnant and giving birth with the WNBA's new collective bargaining agreement in place. The new CBA was passed in 2020, a year after Diggins-Smith had her first child, and she played an important role in shaping the section on mothers and maternity leave. Now, WNBA players are guaranteed full paid maternity leave as well as appropriate housing and a $5,000 stipend for child care.
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